North Pole Flight.
AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Received 6.35 y.m., Aug. 2nd. NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Edwin Naulty, an American meteorologist, has announced that he will make a flight across the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole, thence to Spitzbergen and to North Cape in Norway. A start will be made at Point Barrow, Alaska, in September. A halt Avill take place at the Pole for observation. One aeroplane will be U3ecl, and there will be three pilots besides Naulty. Naulty declares that adventure is not the incentive, hut he hopes to accomplish certain scientific results in study of the Arctic air currents, magnetic variation, and inclination. The machine will be equipped with wireless for communication with civilisation.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19210803.2.33
Bibliographic details
Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 170572, 3 August 1921, Page 7
Word Count
127North Pole Flight. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 170572, 3 August 1921, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Timaru Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.